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The U.S. Supreme Court last week temporarily allowed a scaled-down version of President Trump’s travel ban to go into effect. The Supreme Court will consider the legal challenges to the ban again in the fall if still in effect. Trump’s March 6, 2017, executive order imposed a 90-day ban on entry into the U.S. for those holding…

President Trump signed a new executive order reviving the travel ban. The new ban applies to individuals from the Muslim-majority countries of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The new ban omits Iraq, which was listed in the first ban, and goes into effect next Thursday, March 16. In announcing the effective date, the…

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans retaining control of both the U.S. House and Senate will no doubt profoundly affect this country’s course on immigration. A few weeks ago, Trump released his priorities for his first 100 days in office as president. His priorities will make it more difficult for immigrants to live and work in…